The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

shǎng hǎi

Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

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4.13 Intermediate Director Wong Jing IMDb 6.5

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cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
shāng jiā merchant; business; enterprise ∼HSK 1
fēn gěi to divide (and give to others) ∼HSK 1
zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
shì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
piào yǒu an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera) ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
liǎng guó both countries; the two countries ∼HSK 1
kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
bàn fēn a little bit ∼HSK 1
yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit (a target) ∼HSK 1
zài again ∼HSK 1
tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear ∼HSK 1
zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
to pick up ∼HSK 1
yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
hēng big shot; top gun; superstar; VIP ∼HSK 1
zài kàn lái in my opinion ∼HSK 1
jìn to breach; to invade ∼HSK 1
guān kǒu pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture ∼HSK 1
jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
lǎo big brother ∼HSK 1
chā to not lack ∼HSK 1
nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
fēi shī pilot; aviator ∼HSK 1
yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
shí fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
jūn equal, even, fair; all, also ∼HSK 1
guì rén nobility; person of high rank ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
zhòng fēng to suffer a paralyzing stroke ∼HSK 1